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rnlcomp
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Post subject: Re: Valve Adjustment Tutorial  Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:20 pm |
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What's a blot?  Attachment:
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Post subject: Re: Valve Adjustment Tutorial Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:20 am |
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rnlcomp wrote: What's a blot?  They have tiny, little fingers, but they're tenacious.
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mxrob
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Post subject: Re: Valve Adjustment Tutorial Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:26 am |
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LOL! Those 12mm blots are pretty sizable...
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GaryUnguided
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Post subject: Re: Valve Adjustment Tutorial Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:14 pm |
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hey guys -thanks for the tutorial, i just adjusted my valves and found it really helpful (i'm a super newb)
Wondering if the gurus have any thoughts: At 8K miles the intake valves were right in the middle of spec and exhaust were a bit tight, and after adjusting exhaust to the middle of the spec (0.2mm they are a bit noisy now. I went for a ride and feel no power loss or other ill effects. Any thoughts? Are my exhaust to loose if I can hear them?
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mxrob
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Post subject: Re: Valve Adjustment Tutorial Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:57 am |
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Nope, if you can hear them all is well. When you can't hear them they are getting tight and closer to the point where they can burn from not seating properly. If you want to pick a section of the adjustment range to run the valves in pick on the loose side for the exhaust and on the tight side for the intake.
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Post subject: Re: Valve Adjustment Tutorial Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:03 am |
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mxrob wrote: Nope, if you can hear them all is well. When you can't hear them they are getting tight and closer to the point where they can burn from not seating properly. If you want to pick a section of the adjustment range to run the valves in pick on the loose side for the exhaust and on the tight side for the intake. how come the intake valve doesn't tighten up over time?
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Post subject: Re: Valve Adjustment Tutorial Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:12 pm |
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thanks mxrob - i can now enjoy my slappy happy valves. hard not to be neurotic about this the first time.
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Post subject: Re: Valve Adjustment Tutorial Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:24 pm |
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Kernel wrote: mxrob wrote: Nope, if you can hear them all is well. When you can't hear them they are getting tight and closer to the point where they can burn from not seating properly. If you want to pick a section of the adjustment range to run the valves in pick on the loose side for the exhaust and on the tight side for the intake. how come the intake valve doesn't tighten up over time? Because the intake valves and seats are cooled by the incoming fuel/air charge. The exhaust, however, is under much more heat stress and wear from the hot gases.
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Post subject: Re: Valve Adjustment Tutorial Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:04 am |
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